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Judges 18:28

Beth-rehobSidon

26 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

27 After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.

29 They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

30 The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

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BSB
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
KJV
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
WEB
There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
ASV
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein.
DARBY
And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
BLB
And [there was] no rescuer, because it [was] far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. And it [was] in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and dwelt there.
ÅB
Og der var ingen som kom dem til hjelp; for byen lå langt fra Sidon, og de hadde intet å gjøre med noe menneske. Den lå i dalen ved Bet-Rehob. De bygget den opp igjen og bosatte seg der.
OTB
Det var ingen som kunne redde dem fordi de bodde langt fra Sidon og hadde ingen forbindelser med noen andre. Byen lå i en dal nær Bet-Rehob. Danittene bygde opp byen igjen og bosatte seg der.
B1930
Og der var ingen som kom dem til hjelp; for byen lå langt fra Sidon, og de hadde intet å gjøre med noget menneske. Den lå i dalen ved Bet-Rehob. De bygget den op igjen og bosatte sig der.

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  • 2 Samuel 10:6

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.

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  • Numbers 13:21

    So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

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  • Judges 18:7

    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.

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  • Psalms 7:2

    or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

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  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

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  • 2 Samuel 14:6

    And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

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  • Isaiah 23:4

    Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

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  • Judges 18:1

    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

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